DECISION ON THE REPORT OF H.E. MR. PAUL KAGAME, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, CHAMPION OF THE AU INSTITUTIONAL REFORM

46. TAKES NOTE WITH APPRECIATION of the progress made on institutional reforms and challenges on the implementation of the outstanding reform priorities and COMMENDS H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda for his leadership;

47. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the progress in the implementation of the 0.2% levy on eligible imports, adopted in July 2016 as an important mechanism for leveraging the capacities of Member States’ treasuries to provide adequate and timely financing to the Union;

48. URGES Members States to accelerate implementation of the 0.2% levy on  eligible imports, adopted in July 2016 with a view to reaching at least 35 Member States fully implementing the levy;

49. DECIDES to extend the deadline for submitting the outcome of the remaining reform priorities by one year to February 2023. 

DECISION ON THE REPORT OF H.E. MR. PAUL KAGAME, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, AU CHAMPION ON DOMESTIC HEALTH FINANCING

50. TAKES NOTE WITH APPRECIATION of the progress that has been made by AUDA-NEPAD in preparation of a Regional Health Financing Hub (RHFH) design and operational manual which lays out overall operational framework of the RHFH,

51. Mindful of Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.810(XXXIV) of 6–7 February 2021 on domestic health financing (ALM-Investing in health), which requested the Commission to speed up the implementation of Item 6(v) of the February 2019 ALM-Investing in Health Declaration, regarding working with partners to create regional platforms to support Member States to increase domestic health financing, by assigning responsibility for coordinating this mandate to AUDANEPAD;

52. Recalling Assembly/AU/Decision. 619 (XXVII), FURTHER TAKES NOTE of progress made in in the development of the Africa Scorecard on Domestic Financing for Health that will help with financial planning for the health sector and with monitoring performance against AU commitments;

53. WELCOMES the support to SADC and EAC regions to secure ministerial endorsements to operationalize the pilot Regional Health Financing Hubs and the plans to develop a Private Sector Engagement Framework and Monitoring and Evaluation Plan;